SantaThingSantaThing Entry #393

LibraryThing member Macbeth

Book tastes

I am a lover of Ancient and Medieval History both as novels and as histories themselves. This comes about from my long time hobby of wargaming so Military themes are best.
But really Santa Thingers - I'm in your hands.

Don't get this!

Not into Horror or Romance AT ALL
AND no e-books - I'm a paper book all the way type of person

Secret Santa

Macbeth's Secret Santa was yhoitink!

Purchasing Details

Store: Readings (https://www.readings.com.au/)

Gift Amount: $35 (USD)

If bookstore prices are listed in with non-USD amounts, use the currency converter below.

Comments/suggestions

Join LibraryThing to leave comments and suggestions here.

ablachly: ordered! (Dec 5, 2023, 10:13am)
yhoitink: Thank you everyone for the suggestions! (Dec 1, 2023, 3:56pm)
yhoitink: I ended up going with Pillars of the Earth as the second choice. I went through my whole bookcase including the more obscure things like Robert van Gulik and either they were too expensive or Santee already had it. I like having one fiction and one non-fiction book. (Dec 1, 2023, 3:48pm)
yhoitink: Suggestion for 19.95 AUD: Robert van Gulik, The Emperor's Pearl.

https://www.readings.com.au/product/9780226848723/9780226848723

Still too expensive to combine with the Edge of the World. (Nov 30, 2023, 6:08pm)
yhoitink: All the suggestions I came up with are 22-25 AUD (14-17 USD). One book is way short of the target, but two books go slightly over. If anyone can come up with a cheaper suggestion as a second book that would be great. (Nov 30, 2023, 5:33pm)
yhoitink: Other idea:

Michael Pye, The Edge of the World: How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are. AUD 24.99

https://www.readings.com.au/product/9780241963838/the-edge-of-the-world--michael-pye--2015--9780241963838 (Nov 30, 2023, 5:26pm)
yhoitink: @EerierIdyllMeme: That is so up his alley that he already owns it :-) (Nov 30, 2023, 5:16pm)
EerierIdyllMeme: Empires of the Silk Road (Nov 30, 2023, 3:58pm)
yhoitink: Logging my thoughts, will come back to this:

Alice Roberts, The Celts. Ties in with Santee's love of early Britain. https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781784293352/9781784293352

Alison Weir, Queens of the Crusades. Ties in with Santee's interest in Middle Ages and warfare. Santee already has other books by Weir so not as surprising. https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781784701871/queens-of-the-crusades--alison-weir--2021--9781784701871

Peter Tremayne, Absolution by Murder. Santee likes medieval mysteries and the Dark Ages. This one is set in Dark Age Ireland. https://www.readings.com.au/product/9780747246022/9780747246022

Not going to do the Doomsday book since that has time travel in it and many history lovers (including myself) do not like that in a book. (Nov 30, 2023, 3:46pm)
yhoitink: Bernard Cornwell was the first I thought of too, but he(?) already has those. The overlap between this Santee's book collection and my own is insane. Every book I think of, he already has.

I will check out Doomsday Book, thanks for the suggestion. (Nov 30, 2023, 3:29pm)
thebookmagpie: I think Doomsday Book by Connie Willis would be a great fit, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent or Hild by Nicola Griffith may also work. (Nov 30, 2023, 2:48pm)
mlstweet: anything written by Benard Cornwall (Nov 29, 2023, 9:42pm)